Antique Folk Art Fox and Geese Game Board with (Complete Set of) Hand-carved Pegs and Verse on Reverse folk art match holder and maybe some a bit

and maybe some a bit of very light surface scratching

Sculpted of black clay

Figures average about 1 5/16"  tall

which reminds me a lot of die cuts as well as learn to draw books of the period

All in beautiful condition

Antique Folk Art Fox and Geese Game Board with (Complete Set of) Hand-carved Pegs and Verse on Reverse folk art match holder and maybe some a bitThis is an antique handmade fox and geese game board, with more than enough hand carved wooden pegs to play (plus a few more of another sort that fit the holes as well.) There is a handwritten verse on the reverse, readable with some effort, beginning "Be happy in life," making me think this was likely made as a gift for a child, or perhaps as a wedding gift long ago. The rules for fox and geese a 2 player strategy game dating back to the Middle Ages